Quotes About Recognition

unloved women have no biographies—they have histories.

I wish I was in print. It will be odd a year or so from now when Scottie assures her friends I was an author and finds that no book is procurable.

In 1945, when the male soldiers started coming back home from Europe, she and all the other women pilots that had served as WASPs during the war were unceremoniously told to go home and never received a dime or even thanks from the government.

do you know that's the same woman

Look at me...and tell me what you see.' Norma put her pencil down and studied him. 'You look just like you always did, Macky, only older.' 'How much older?' 'You look... oh, I don't know, Macky, you look the same to me as you always did. I don't know what you look like. Go look for yourself in the mirror.' 'I want an objective view. I see myself every day.' 'Well, I see you every day too. How am I supposed to know what you look like?

Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

Inutilmente parecemos grandes. Salvo nós nada pelo mundo fora Nos saúda a grandeza Nem sem querer nos serve.

Sou daquelas almas que as mulheres dizem que amam, e nunca reconhecem quando encontram

One can see only what one has already seen.

El amor no es una condecoración, capitán. No siempre se concede al mérito o a la virtud.

El amor no es una condecoración, capitán. No siempre se concede al mérito o a la virtud. Para

To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks.

Listen, lady, he said in a high voice, if I had of been there I would of known and I wouldn't be like I am now. His voice seemed about to crack and the grandmother's head cleared for an instant. She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children! She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest.

Sin is a great thing as long as it's recognized. It leads a good many people to God who wouldn't get there otherwise.

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do.

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

I mean if anyone's comfortable being famous, they're a psychopath.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.